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1). W. TRAVIS.

CLOTHES LINE REEL.

N0. 337,799. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

N. PEIERS, PhaloLithographur, Wailnrlgkzn. n. cy

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID \V. TRAVIS, OF ATHENS, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-LINE REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,799, dated March 9,1886.

Application filed May 12, 1884. Serial No. 131,160. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID W. TRAVIS, a citizen of the UnitedStatesresiding at Athens, in the county of Greene and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Reels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention consists of the metal spider for the support of thereel-arms, constructed with roller-brackets and fitted with rollers, incombination with a circular rim or way attached to the pivot-socket ofthe spider-pivot, by which the weight of the reel and its load Inay-becarried 011 the rollers, for the relief of the pivot from wear in thestep, and to enable the reel to turn more easily by the wind, whichfacilitates the drying of the clothes and renders the reel much morelasting, the essential feature of the invention being the arrangement ofthe roller-pivots and the rail so that rain and snow will be effectuallyshed off, for their protection from freezing together and breaking, ashereinafter fully described, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is partly a side elevation of my improvedclotlies-line reel, and Fig. 2 is a plan View.

I construct the spider-arms a of the vertical spindle b, on which thewood or other reelarms a are mounted, with brackets (1, projectingdownward from the outer ends, and pivotrollers e in said brackets, andconstruct the pivot-socket], which is fitted on the top of post 9, forthe pivot 12 to turn in, with a circular way or rail, h, of therequisite size, for the rollers e to run on for the support of the reel,for relieving the spindle-step of said weight; also for enabling thereel to turn more freely by the wind, and also for more substantialsupport of the reel-arms on a broader base than when carried solely bythe spindle, making a much more durable reel.

By the contrivance of the reel to turn more freely by the wind theclothes are less liable to be damaged in a strong wind, and they drymuch faster.

The rail h is cast together with arms 2', connecting it with thesocketf. These arms support the rail at some distance from thesocketplate, with spaces between, so that the rain and snow will notlodge, which, together with the rollers pivoted under the spider-arms,effectually protect the device from collecting snow and ice and freezingup.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a clothes-line reel, the metal spider for the support of thereel-arms, constructed with roller-brackets in which the rollers aresuspended under the arms,in combination with the pivot-socket having arailway for the rollers of the reel-spider supported on arms, wherebyboth the rail and the roller-pivots shed the snow and the rain and areprotected from ice, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

DAVID WV. TRAVIS.

\Vitnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, S. H. MORGAN.

